Easy Pear Sauce

Homemade Pear Sauce is similar to applesauce, but made with fresh pears, cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla. Your house will smell amazing while this simple Pear Sauce is simmering on the stove!

Our neighbors gave us a huge bag of pears from their pear tree. I accepted the bag with open arms. I love pears! I’ve already made a Pear Galette and we have been enjoying Pear, Brie, and Honey Quesadillas for lunch. I also made a batch of homemade Pear Sauce. I posted a photo on Instagram and several people asked for the recipe. We aim to please, so today I am sharing my recipe for Easy Pear Sauce!

This recipe is easy peasy and will make your house smell like fall! Pear Sauce is the best kind of potpourri. Do people still even use potpourri? Well, if you do, you don’t need to. Just put a pot of Pear Sauce on the stove and your house will smell amazing!

I combine chopped pears with a little lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger , vanilla, and let the mixture simmer away on the stove. That is it! I don’t add any sugar because I don’t think it needs it. It is plenty sweet on it’s own!

When the pears are soft and tender, I use our KitchenAid hand blender to puree the mixture until smooth. If you like a chunky texture, you can use a potato masher. And if you don’t have a hand blender you can transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender to puree. Just make sure the mixture cools down first.

When the Pear Sauce cools down, I pour the sauce into Weck Jars and put the jars in the fridge. The sauce will keep in the fridge for about 5 days. You can also freeze or can the sauce, but we usually eat ours right up! Caleb loves eating it as a snack and so do I! I also love it on pancakes, waffles, and toast!

Gather up some pears and make Homemade Pear Sauce! It’s so simple and so good! We are on our last jar already which means it’s time to make another batch!

Ingredients:

Directions:

Combine pears, water, lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pears have softened, about 25-30 minutes.

Use an immersion blender to process the pear sauce until smooth. If you prefer a chunky pear sauce, mash with a potato masher. You can also transfer the cooked pear mixture to a food processor or blender to process, just make sure the pear sauce has cooled down.

Once the pear sauce has cooled down, pour into glass or plastic containers. Cover and store in the refrigerator. The pear sauce will keep in the fridge for one week. You can also freeze or can the pear sauce.

This looks so yummy!!! Love the idea of a pear sauce. Would love to dig in with a spoon, or use this in fall desserts and baking! 🙂

This is the perfect healthy snack. Now if I can only get a hold of some nice pears…

You can also make.it with just pears. Pears simmer down so much quicker than apples that it really helps preserve that fresh taste. This year I canned 100 pounds of pears into pear sauce. People look at me like it is going to taste like baby food but once they have it, they are hooked. So much better than apple sauce! It is my every year “must make.”

What a great idea for pears! This will be great on some Hanukkah latkes!

Perfect! Have always wanted to try making this!

I made a variation – I had a couple of overripe plums on hand, and I cooked them and the pears with a little lime juice with a little water. It was simple and very delicious. I haven’t made the version in the recipe posted by Two Peas, but I’ll try that next time.

Question!
I made this and out in baby food pouches. Do you think this would be ok out of the fridge for a few hours?

We’ve made this about 5 times now and my husband and I and our 3 kids REALLY love it! Thank you so much for this healthy, no sugar added recipe! It’s especially good right off the stove with a little vanilla ice cream on top! 🙂

I made this today but didn’t puree the pears. They taste so delicious & yes, require no sugar! I needed much less water because my pears are so juicy. I will definitely make this again. Thank you so much for the easy recipe.

How would I go about canning/preserving the sause? Just a boil the full jars after?

I’m borderline diabetic, so I’m always looking for low carb and low sugar recipes. I’d heard that pear sauce is better than applesauce for diabetics. Do you have any idea of how many carbs might be in a 1/2 cup serving? Thanks for any info you can provide.

Is 1/4 cup of water correct? Just wondering because I can’t really bring that to a boil in this big pot full of pears… Smells divine already and it hasn’t started cooking!

Yes, if you use too much more you might end up with really runny sauce.

We LOVE this sauce! We’ve made it for years when a friends’ tree is full of pears and I freeze big batches of it for my kids all for the Winter. I don’t peel the pears, which makes it much faster….just blend it all at the end and it makes a thicker, more filling sauce (the kids call it pear pudding). And I love that it doesn’t have any added sugar.

Worked well for me. My first batch had difficulty processing (might have been due to a low quality food processor), so if you run into this I would recommend covering the pears while simmering, and maybe adding a little water when processing – a moister mixture should process easier.

I have made this twice already. The pear sauce is amazing! I like that it has no sugar and very few ingredients. My house smells Fall-ish while it’s simmering.

Rating: 5

Quick and absolutely lovely tasting! Since pear skin contains most of the fruit’s vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants & fiber, I just core the pears and leave the skins on! Then use a blender after until desired consistency. For those who are looking for exact measurements & are addicted to their kitchen scale, I have found 3 lb 12 oz of cut pears was the perfect amount for one batch. Thank you so very much for the wonderful recipe!

Rating: 5

Yum! Used 8 medium-large pears, and left skins on. Definitely doesn’t need any sugar, so sweet! Kept lid on for first half of cooking, then took off. Enjoyed consistency, used immersion blender. Easy recipe, thanks!

Good spice suggestions, but ever since I made Kitchen Aid’s pear pie recipe, I can’t have pears cooked without a dash of cloves. Yep, some clove and piloncillo sugar made this Peariffic.

Rating: 4.5

Good spice suggestions, but ever since I made Kitchen Aid’s pear pie recipe, I can’t have pears cooked without a dash of cloves. Yep, some clove and piloncillo sugar made this Peariffic.
Used about half this morning for fondue sauce with chunks of dry multigrain bread. Delicious!!

Do you peel your pears first?

You can! It will work either way, if the skins bug you, peel them first.

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I have a small pear tree in my back yard. I cut most of the sucker s off last fall and the tree was just loaded. I gave a lot away but I have so many more. I would take them to the food pantry but I do not have a car. I canned 5 quarts and have no more jars.

I just bought a home with a pear orchard. Thanks so much for the pear recipes! I wasn’t
what to do with so many pears, this certainly helps. The trees have been a bit neglected but we are trying to get them all better. We do have some pears, my question is do the pears have to be ripe to make the sauce?

Cant wait to eat it!! Smells amazing in the house right now. Takes forever to peal, I pealed a few then blanched the rest. pealing and cutting and coring take forEVER!!!!

Was easy to make and delicious! About to make it for the 2nd time. Thanks for the great recipe!

Rating: 5

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